Tips to support leaving your comfort zone
- Reframe stress: Physiologically, anxiety and excitement both entail the same "stress response." Stress can be negative or positive (eustress). When we reframe the stimuli as exciting, it can help us out of the comfort zone.
- Understand neuroplasticity: The core of this theory is that humans are malleable and adaptable and can improve.
- Prioritise: Find which areas of life being comfortable does more harm than good and prioritise that for growth.
- Small steps can help make the process smooth.
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